Railroad-rail.



T. H. KRUSB.

RAILROAD RAIL.

APPLIOATIGN FILED SEPT.19, 1911.

Patented July 9, 1912.

8mm tom um Maia n State of THEODORE H. KRUSE, OF ARVADA, COLORADO.

RAILROAD-RAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J11ly9, 1912.

Application filed September 19, 1911. Serial No. 650,176.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE H. KRUsE, :1 citizen of the United States, residing at Arvada. in the county of Jefferson and Colorado, have invented a new and useful Railroad-Rail, of which the following is :1 specification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a joint for a railroad rail which will not sag or move out of alinement.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel form of rail chair, adapted to support :1 rail against saggin A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for holding the balls of :1 pair of scarfed rails against sagging.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the invention in perspective; Fig. 2 is a section upon the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective showing one of the scarfed ends of the rails; Fig. 4 is a. perspective of the rail chair upon which the rails are supported; and Fig. 5 is a perspective of the rod which is inserted between the balls of the rails. to prevent the same from sagging.

In the accompanying drawings. a pair of rails are shown, and denoted by the 1111- nlcrals 1 and 2. The rails 1 and 2 are scarfcd together, as shown at 3, the rails including a transverse shoulder 4 and a tongue 5, the end of the tongue of one rail being adapted to abut against the shoulder of the other rail.

Referring particularly to Fig. 3. it will be seen that: grooves (3 extend longitudinally of the meeting faces 7 of the tongues 5. the grooves (3 being located opposite the halls of the rails. 'l hcse grooves ('1 unite to form an opening, preferably of circular contour, the opening extending from the l in one rail to the shoulder 4 1n the other rail. Into the opening formed by the (:0- l operating grooves ('1. a rod 8 is placed, the rod 8 preferably, although not necessarily, being circular in cross section. Owing to I the fact that the rod 8 is removable, there is no outstanding projection upon the face 7, lwhich projection is likely to be damaged land battered, in the shipment and in the placing of the rails. The rod 8 cannot be- I come damaged or battered, by the handling of the rails, and the fitting together of the t parts rests solely upon the small, inexpensive rod 8, which may be cast aside, in case it does not fit perfectly in the mating grc vcs 6. If the 1 d 8 is formed integrally with one rail. as an outstanding rib. any ldamage to this rib. would necessitate the supplying of a new rail, Applied to the lopposite faces of the rails, and extending from the balls to the flanges of the rails, are fish plates 9. attached to the rails by means of,holts 10 or other securing elements adapt ed to a like end.

The invention further includes a rail 'chair. seen most clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawings. This rail chair comprises :1 flat base plate 11. provided with transverse heads 12 of the same thickness as the plate 11, the heads 12 being provided with open ings 14. located beyond the edges of the base plate U. The longitudinal edges of the base plate 11 are turned inwardly, to form flanges 15, adapted to engage the flanges of I the rails 1 and pair of ties are shown at 113, the heads 12 resting upon the ties 1" Rpiltcs 17 or the like are inserted through the openings it, into engagement with the l tics It The construction of the entire device is such that the rail will be prevented from t sagging, and from losing its alinement. l The device may readily be assembled, and

is not likely todanlage in shipment. 1 Having thus described the invention, what. l is claimed ism-*- ln :1 device of the class described. a pair ,of scartcd rails. each comprising a transverse shoulder and a tongue, the end of the tongue of one rail being disposed in close shoulder 4 relation to the shoulder of the other rail,

there being mating grooves inthe adjacent l In testimony that I claim the foregoing faces of the tongues only. the grooves exas my own, I have hereto affixed my sigma tending from the shoulder of one rail to the ture in the presence of two Witnesses. sho'uider of the other rail; and a rod ie- THEODORE H. KRUSE.

3 movably seated in the grooves, the rod being I Witnesses:

held by the shoulders against longitudinal JOHN J. WEAVER, movement. i -VALTER E. LUProx.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

